Walgreens

Drugstore chain with health & beauty items, plus first-aid supplies & some household products. This drive to innovate led Walgreens to merge with European-based Alliance Boots in 2014 to form Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., the first global pharmacy-led, health and well-being enterprise. Combining Walgreens with the Boots pharmacy chain and pharmaceutical distributor Alliance Healthcare has created opportunities to bring global beauty brands to Walgreens U.S. customers and offer more value to pharmacy patients through global pharmaceutical supply chains and group purchasing.

With its brand as a foundation, Walgreens is building its business in four areas: pharmacy, front end, health care services and consumer services. These areas are being enabled through partnerships, new store layouts and product assortments, new approaches to pricing and promotion to unlock value and by helping team members better serve customers by eliminating unproductive work and putting more decisions in their hands.